A wind tunnel study of airflow near model swine confinement buildings

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 643-652

  Sauer, Thomas J ^a   Hatfield, Jerry L ^a   Haan Jr , Fred L ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Airflow; Confinement buildings; Swine; Wind tunnels

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL PRODUCTION; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BUILDING MODEL; BUILDING ORIENTATION; CONFINEMENT BUILDINGS; CONSTANT-TEMPERATURE ANEMOMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FIELD CONDITIONS; HOUSING UNITS; LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; MANURE STORAGES; MULTIPLE BUILDINGS; REDUCED VELOCITY; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SWINE; SWINE HOUSING; SWINE PRODUCTION; TRACE-GASES; TRACER STUDY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENT WAKE; VERTICAL PLANE; WIND SPEED; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HOUSING; MANURES; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ANEMOMETER; BUILDING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; PIG; PROBE; TRACE GAS; TURBULENCE; WASTE FACILITY; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79954557260     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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